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What kind of military aircraft had the 50 caliber machine gun mounted on or in them?
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After 1941, it was SOP for all US airplanes to be armed with .50s. The P47 Thunderbolt had eight fifties; four in each wing. Mustangs, Corsairs, Hellcats, Wildcats, B17s, B25s, B29s, all were armed with fifties. Even the Korean War F86 Sabre jet had fifties. By the time of the Vietnam War, the .50 had given way to the 20mm cannon on US aircraft; Except the B52 in Vietnam, the B52 tailgunner had a quad .50.
Those two USAF tailgunners were the last bomber "tailgunners' to shoot down enemy aircraft (two NVAF MiG21's) with machine guns in combat.
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